Serena could only shrug and smile sheepishly at the woman as she gestured to her burn scars. "Robots tend to spark whenever you start working on them and I didn't always have the proper protection. No pain no gain, right?" Serena sighed in visible relief as the music lowered to a much more tolerable level. It was still painfully audible, but at least now it wasn't beating against her ear drums like a gang member coming to collect dues. She still couldn't completely stifle a laugh at the drone's name, smiling as she thanked the woman. [color=Hotpink]"Thank God. I don't know how much more of that I could have taken. There's a reason Elcor aren't known for their music."[/color] Her eyes turned speculatively on the retreating Quarian's back, a slight curiosity on her face. [color=Hotpink][i]Done with watching the fun, or something else?[/i][/color] 

She raised an eyebrow at Tonya, Omni-shield disappearing. [Color=Hotpink]"Are you sure? We can do a team show or something. You blast that terrible music and I'll make various robots explode in spectacular ways. It'll be sure to draw laughs and awe from even the most stone-faced of Hanar. We might even get a show right here on Illium, and have to give up our nefarious bounty hunting ways in favor of the bright lights of stardom."[/color] She spread her hands wide, watching as Vellios walked in. [color=Hotpink]"Think about it! We could become the next Blasto!"[/color]

[center]Borealis Hangar, mini collab.[/center]
 
Serena glanced over at the ruins of Sal at Vellios' question and shrugged, her mind beginning to work over all that could have happened and could not have happened. [color=Hotpink]"Who knows Vellios? At a guess I'm going to say wiring because it was what I was messing with before he decided to explode, but it could have been a faulty gear I put in, or the motor that made it float blew, or any number of things. It wasn't the core this time, I know that much. I made it from scratch and put it through it's paces before I even considered putting it in-"[/color] Her excited babbling was silenced by Vellios putting a finger on her lips, drawing a surprised look that quickly turned into a scowl at his next words. 
 
The moment Serena's words poured out, Vellios was already shifting himself upright. His feet cut the distance in a smooth, feline like reflex as his finger settled on the human's lips hushing her near endless stream of words. [color=RosyBrown] "Easy, dear. Recall my request of you taking a breath? You're scaring people by forgetting that."[/color] 
 
He was thankful she was more focused on the tech first before she started to chew him out over his suggestion, her mind taking a bit to register what he had said. Now it was starting to click causing him to smirk lightly in a cheeky grin at her reaction. Before either of them could address the matter, a scarred asari entered the scene. Her words were rather reasonable when she addressed about the explosion's cause and how to prevent it, causing Vellios to turn his jagged smile upon the new comer. Thankfully it was the techie that answered, saving him the trouble, making him shrug in apology. 
 
[color=Rosybrown]"Her tech has done much worse, at least it was mild this time. And it didn't explode in anyone's face either. Though before we all start chewing each other out, let's at least know what to call each other. My name is Vellios Malkai, my companion with the exploding droids is Serena Mathews."[/color] He added following Tanya's comment, his body twisted away, finger removing from Serena's mouth and placed himslf in front of his companion. Though there was little signs his stance was aggressive, it was clear any violence wasn't about to be tolerated.  
 
As she was stopped from babbling about her favorite subject, Serena had a moment to think about what else Vellios had said. She scowled even worse as she remembered Groto. It wasn't the fact that he was a Batarian that she took issue with (though that was more than enough of a reason for most humans), it was the fact that she had no doubt some of the 'abandoned' ships he had scrapped still had crew when he found them. Her mouth opened to chew Vellios out of the suggestion when she paused. [i]We don't have much, if any, money, and we're on a ship that might explode the second we try to fly.[/i] 
 
[color=Hotpink]"Fine."[/color]She spat the word out as if it left a bad taste in her mouth.[color=hotpink] "But promise me we're going to try to find more reputable and less murderous junk dealers."[/color]
 
That done, she turned her attention to the scarred Asari that had just entered the hangar. [color=hotpink]"The robot was mine, and all I can promise is that I won't be blowing any holes in the ship.  If I had the money for the matierials required to make that kind of bang when a drone broke, we wouldn't be on this ship."[/color] She turned to glare at Vellios.[color=hotpink] "That was [i]one[/i] time, and the Vorcha was fine afterwards!"[/color] She paused, guiltily remembering the second time a creation of hers had exploded in someone's face. [color=hotpink]"Okay, twice, and your dashing good looks haven't suffered from it. I [i]did[/i] warn you not to get so close!"[/color] She slipped from behind Vellios, following the other human towards the intercom. Presumably so they could both reply.
 
She chimed in as Tanya held onto the intercom. [color=Hotpink]"We promise nothing! Mad science makes the galaxy go round!"[/color] She returned her attention to the curious Asari. [color=Hotpink]"I promise that there won't be any holes in the ship, and that I won't break anything, but I'm not going to stop working on prototypes."[/color] Her eyes flicked briefly to her plans for Barat, before turning back, waiting for the reply as the pilot announced their first stop. [color=Hotpink][i]Oh, Omega. Well...it'll be just like home, won't it?[/i][/color]